Author: Perry County Historical and Cultural Arts Society

Please join us at Jeff’s Auto in Glenford this Saturday, November 25th. We will make holiday wreaths from 9am to 4pm. This event will be a potluck, so please bring something if you are able. Don’t feel you need to be there the whole time – an hour or two would be a great help!… Continue reading Holiday Wreath Making

The Perry County Historical and Cultural Arts Society invites you to attend the 2017 Oktoberfest on September 23rd. It will be held at the historic Pigsfoot Square at the intersection of Routes 22 and 668 in the village of Somerset, Ohio. The program will begin at noon with the music of Barefoot McCoy at the… Continue reading Oktoberfest 2017

The Perry County Historical and Cultural Arts Society has determined that the Glenford Fort Hike will not be held this summer because the bridge has not been completed. Please plan to come in 2018 for resumption of the annual event. However, the Perry County Bicentennial Lecture Series will feature educator, naturalist, and historian Steve Glade… Continue reading Glenford Fort Event

First Installment of the 2017 Perry County Bicentennial Lecture Series On Saturday, March 25, at 2:00 PM, please join us for the “kickoff” program of our “seven part lecture series” celebration of the various historical contributions Perry County has made to our state and our nation! On this afternoon T. Chris Wilson and C. Scott… Continue reading Mother Nature and Geography

Celebrate Historic Somerset’s Pioneer Past and its German Heritage with local food, local music, and local history. Contact John and Judy McGaughey for more in-formation: jjmcgaughey@gmail.com or 740-987-4862.

Perry County Historical and Cultural Arts Society, ARC of Appalachia, and Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District invite you to the Glenford Fort Hike on July 9th. Guest speaker will be Dr. Bradley Lepper. Online registration available at www.glenfordfort.org.

The Perry County Historical & Cultural Arts Society, The Perry County District Library, Little Cities of Black Diamonds, and The Tecumseh Theater Present Dr. William Condee’s Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia. The event will be Saturday, May 7, at 6:30pm. See flyer for more details.

The Glenford Fort Hike will be held on July 9, and registration is now open. The cost of the event is a suggested donation of $10, which will be collected on site. The donation is to offset the cost of a hot lunch, which is prepared over an open fire within the fort. More information… Continue reading Glenford Fort Hike

Over 55 people attended the presentation on February 27 at the New Lexington, Perry County Senior Center. Participants learned from Karen Newlon, RN how resourceful Appalachians were with their health care in the past. They saw a poultice made, all had a chance to shake a jar of whipping cream into butter, and lastly what was stress in… Continue reading Appalachian Health Care 1900’s Presentation a Success